你会正确使用“take, spend, pay, cost ”来“花费”吗？

take, spend, pay, cost 辨析

spend，cost，take和pay都可以表示“花费”，但用法却不尽相同。

(1) spend time ／money on sth. 在……上花费时间（金钱）。例：

I spent two hours on this maths problem.

这道数学题花了我两个小时。

(2) spend time ／ money (in) doing sth. 花费时间（金钱）做某事。例：

They spent two years (in) building this bridge.

造这座桥花了他们两年时间。

(1)sth. costs (sb.) ＋金钱, 某物花了（某人）多少钱。例：

A new computer costs a lot of money.

买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。

(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间,某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少时间。例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time.

他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。

注意：cost的过去式及过去分词都是cost,并且不能用于被动句。

(1) It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。例：

It took them three years to build this road.

他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。

(2)doing sth. takes sb. ＋时间,做某事花了某人多少时间。例：

Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon.

他花了一下午修车。

I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month.

我每个月要付20英磅的房租。

I have to pay for the book lost.

我不得不赔丢失的书款。

Don't worry! I'll pay for you. 别担心，

我会给你付钱的。

They pay us every month.

他们每月给我们报酬。

May I borrow 12 yuan from you? I'll pay it back next week.

你能借给我12块钱吗？下周还你。

【典型例题】

1.It _____ half an hour to walk from the city library to the post office.

A.take s B.spends C.pays Dsts

【答案】A

【解析】

试题分析：句意：从城市图书馆到邮局花费半个小时的时间。固定句型It takes sb. ＋时间＋to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。故选A。

考 点：考查动词的辨析。

2. How much does the ticket _____from Taixing to Nanjing?

A.take B.spend Cst D.pay

【答案】C

考点：考查动词辨析。